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Latin Roots

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Spec" means

a)

look, see

b)

boy, man

c)

you, me

d)

hear, sound

2.

A person who watches an event, show, game, or activity, sometimes as part of an audience.

a)

spectacle

b)

spectator

c)

special

d)

spectacular

3.

The root word "aud" means?

a)

to hear

b)

to laugh

c)

to look

4.

The meaning of the word "audience" has to do with:

a)

to laugh

b)

to look

c)

to hear

5.

The word "audible" has the root word "aud" which means?

a)

to help

b)

to hear

c)

to look

6.

a piece of writing written by a person about his or her OWN life

a)
autobiography
b)
symbiosis
c)
biography
d)
biopsy
7.
a person who studies living things
a)
biology
b)
biologist
c)
macrobiotic diet
d)
biopsy
8.
the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere)
a)
biosphere
b)
symbiosis
c)
biology
d)
antibiotic
9.
the study of living things
a)
neurobiology
b)
biologist
c)
biopsy
d)
biology
10.

Cats and dogs are examples of these because they walk on four-feet!

a)

Quadrupeds

b)

Bipeds

c)

Tripods

d)

Peddlers

11.

Janet took her daughter to get one of these so her toes would look pretty for the summer.

a)

Pedestrian

b)

Pedicure

c)

Millipede

d)

Impediment

12.

Let’s put the camera on this so that it won’t wiggle as much! It has three legs and will help it to stay balanced!

a)

Quadruped

b)

Peddler

c)

Pedestrian

d)

Tripod

13.

Logan, Zack, and Ryan are smart. They always look both ways and use crosswalks. What are they?

a)

Peddlers

b)

Pedestrians

c)

Centipedes

d)

Quadrupeds

14.

These organisms love hot, humid, places.

a)

thermal

b)

thermostat

c)

thermophiles

d)

thermometers

15.

If you want hot soup for lunch at school, then put your soup in a _____________________.

a)

thermos

b)

thermostat

c)

endothermic

d)

thermometer

16.

The is the unit of measurement we use to measure heat.

a)

therm

b)

thermal

c)

thermostat

d)

thermos

17.

"Astro" is a Greek root that means:

a)

earth

b)

stars, space

c)

against, opposite

d)

time

18.

Which root means "both, both sides"?

a)

amph-, amphi-

b)

amic-, -imic-

c)

ann-, -enn-

d)

aut-, auto-